dweller
英語
[编辑]詞源
[编辑]繼承自中古英語 dweller，等價於 dwell + -er。
發音
[编辑]名詞
[编辑]dweller (複數 dwellers)
- 特定地方的居民；常住者，棲息於某地的人
- 近義詞：參見Thesaurus:inhabitant
- The new couple are apartment dwellers.
- 這對新婚夫婦是公寓住戶。
- 1642，James Howell，「Section X」，收錄於 Instructions for Forreine Travell. […]，London： […] T. B. for Humprey Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […]，→OCLC，132–133頁：
- [T]he craggineſſe and ſteepineſſe of places up and dovvn is a great advantage to the dvvellers, and makes them inacceſſible, for they ſerve as Fortreſſes erected by Nature her ſelfe, to protect them from all incurſions: […]
- 各處地形的崎嶇與陡峭對居民來說是一大優勢，使其難以被攻克，因為這些地方就像是「大自然親手建立的堡壘，保護他們免受一切入侵」： […]
- 1842，[Katherine] Thomson，第XV章，收錄於 Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life.，第I卷，London：Richard Bentley, […]，→OCLC，314–315頁：
- To the left was a large pond, on which a fleet of white ducks were sailing; and huge barns and out-houses for receiving tithes in kind, added to the farm-like character which seemed to form a connecting link between the dweller for the time being in the Rectory-house, and his rural parishioners.
- 左側是一個大池塘，水面上游著一群白鴨；用來接收實物什一稅的巨大穀倉與附屬建築，增添了農莊般的特色，這似乎在教區牧師住宅的暫時居住者與其鄉村教區教民之間，形成了一道聯繫的紐帶。
- 1963，Colin Clark，Australian Hopes and Fears[1]，75頁：
- As a result of these causes the grazier marks himself off fairly sharply from the rest of Australia. He has always spent a considerable proportion of the time in the capital cities, in each of which he has formed a club to which, besides the graziers, only a few of the wealthiest and most prominent of the city dwellers are admitted.
- 由於這些原因，牧場主將自己與澳洲其他地區的人截然區分開來。他總是有很大一部分時間待在各州首府，並在每個首府都建立了一個俱樂部；除了牧場主之外，只有少數最富有、最顯赫的城市居民才獲准加入。
派生詞彙
[编辑]相關詞彙
[编辑]中古英語
[编辑]其他形式
[编辑]詞源
[编辑]源自 dwellen + -ere (構成施事名詞的後綴)。
發音
[编辑]名詞
[编辑]dweller (复数 dwellers)
派生語彙
[编辑]參考資料
[编辑]- “dweller, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.